On Account of Sex : The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945-1968 / / Cynthia Harrison; ed. by Cynthia Harrison
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Harrison Cynthia
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| Titolo: |
On Account of Sex : The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945-1968 / / Cynthia Harrison; ed. by Cynthia Harrison
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1988] |
| 1988 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.4/2/0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | HISTORY / United States / General |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Women |
| Social science | |
| Law | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HarrisonCynthia |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- PART ONE. CONSOLIDATION AND STALEMATE, 1945-1960 -- 1. The Equal Rights Amendment and the Ambivalent Legacy of World War II -- 2. "Reasonable Distinctions": An Alternative to the ERA -- 3. "Specific Bills for Specific Ills": Equal Pay Legislation -- 4. Tokens of Presidential Esteem: Women Appointees -- PART TWO. MOVING AGAIN -- 5. A New Frontier for Women: The Kennedy Administration -- 6. The Equal Pay Act of 1963: Compromise and Victory -- PART THREE. THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN -- 7. The PCSW versus the ERA -- 8. The PCSW and a Unified Agenda for Women's Rights -- PART FOUR. BEYOND THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION -- 9. A Model for Action -- 10. A New Women's Movement -- CONCLUSION. Political Strategies and Outcomes -- Appendix 1: Text of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 -- Appendix 2: Executive Order 10980 Establishing the President's Commission on the Status of Women -- Appendix 3: Members of the President's Commission and Its Committees -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Examining the political activities of the period between 1920, when women gained the right to vote, and the mid-1960s, when the women's movement revived, Cynthia Harrison illuminates a long-neglected but vital chapter of women's history. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | On account of sex |
| ISBN: | 0-520-90930-5 |
| 0-585-11541-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910496144903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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